Daryl Blackwell Jones

Bis 2021, COO/Group Operations Director/Managing Director Operations, Proman AG

Altendorf, Schweiz

Fähigkeiten und Kenntnisse

Health Safety Environment HSE
Operations Management
Operational Learning
Knowledge Transfer
Continuous Improvement
Operational Capability Development
Operations Efficiency
Reliability
Quality Assurance
Internal Audit
Supply Chain
Risk Management
Security
Emergency Response
Crisis Management
Resilience
PDBI Insurance
Due Diligence
KYC
Compliance
Technology Evaluation
Governance
Project Development
Project Management
Personnel development
Change Management

Werdegang

Berufserfahrung von Daryl Blackwell Jones

  • 2017 - 2021

    COO/Group Operations Director/Managing Director Operations

    Proman AG

    • Overseeing global operations ensuring safe and reliable production of natural gas, methanol and nitrogen products • Driving operational and technical performance, standards, learning and continuous improvement • Board member, board technical committee chair and audit committee member • Oversight of ground-breaking $US 200+ million GPU project • Overseeing the development and roll out of Security, Emergency Response, Crisis Management and Resilience programmes

  • 2012 - 2017

    Vice President Projects and Investments

    Proman AG

    • Oversight of Proman's expansion into the United States • Oversight of a fully permitted, “shovel-ready” grass roots world scale methanol plant project • Management of due diligence and verification processes for multiple financing transactions with a total volume of more than $US 3 billion • Structuring and overseeing the execution of a US$ 75 million methanol plant project • Due diligence for acquisition of 50% interest in a $US 1.8 billion methanol plant

  • 2010 - 2012

    Senior Executive Manager – VP Business Development – Petrochemicals Division

    Ferrostaal GmbH

    • 2011, in addition to role as Vice President Business Development, responsible on an interim basis as stand-in for the Senior Vice President Petrochemicals Division • Implementation of restructuring process following change of company ownership and business strategy • Co-ordination of worldwide project development and sales team • Production of division 5-year strategy and approval of same by supervisory board following change of ownership of the company

  • 2009 - 2010

    Senior Executive Manager – Vice President Technology – Petrochemicals Division

    Ferrostaal GmbH

    • Successful recruitment and on-boarding of a multi-disciplined technical team to support company operations and projects worldwide

  • 2006 - 2009

    Senior Executive Manager – Petrochemicals Division

    Ferrostaal GmbH

    • Responsible for the development and management of multiple projects of varying size and complexity including: • Submission of two highly complex, politically challenging proposals with a total value of over €1 billion for two world scale methanol plants in Venezuela and Iran in partnership with a Japanese technology provider and local companies • Conceptualisation, development and implementation of the world’s first commercial scale (8 MW) methanol to power plant

  • 2000 - 2006

    Executive Manager – Petrochemicals Division

    Ferrostaal GmbH

    • Project Manager responsible for the successful development of the world’s largest methanol plant (5,400 mtpd capacity) with a project value of US$ 570 million; from conceptual idea, to technical and commercial project definition, securing of project financing and early phase project execution • Project and business development for natural gas and coal- based industry projects in South America, Caribbean, North and West Africa, Russia, Middle East and South East Asia

  • 1997 - 2000

    Project Engineer – Petrochemicals Division

    Ferrostaal GmbH

    • Responsible for the development of a $US 300 million limited recourse financed 1,850 mtpd anhydrous ammonia project from technical definition through to readiness for disbursement of financing • Technical Advisor to the Project Manager of a 1,650 mtpd methanol plant project

  • 1990 - 1997

    Senior Process Engineer / Project Engineer / Liaison Engineer

    Kvaerner / Davy Process Technology Ltd. / Davy McKee (London) Ltd.

    • One-year assignment to Germany as Project/Process Engineer providing technical advice during the detailed engineering phase of 60,000 mtpa oxo alcohols plant in Romania • Two-year assignment to Germany as Liaison Engineer providing technical advice during the detailed engineering of a 1,650 mtpd methanol plant in Trinidad • Lead systems engineer on multiple international projects responsible for overseeing small teams of engineers ensuring on time and budget completion of technical documentation

  • 1989 - 1989

    Sales and Acting General Manager

    Saudi Davy Co. Ltd.

    • Responsible for day-to-day operation and administration of representative office, cultivation of market intelligence, identification of business opportunities, proposal assistance and supply of specialised information on Saudi Arabia

  • 1985 - 1988

    Process Engineer

    Kvaerner / Davy Process Technology Ltd. / Davy McKee (London) Ltd.

    • Preparation of process engineering calculations, drawings and specifications • Four-month assignment to Transvaal, Republic of South Africa to support the pre-commissioning, commissioning and successful start-up of a pilot pressurised Winkler coal gasification plant • Eight-month assignment as member of R&D team supporting the commercialisation of natural detergent alcohols technology • One-year site assignment in team responsible for the successful revamp of a wet corn starch plant

Ausbildung von Daryl Blackwell Jones

  • 1981 - 1985

    Chemical Engineering

    University of Bradford

Sprachen

  • Deutsch

    Fließend

  • Englisch

    Muttersprache

Interessen

The outdoors
Cooking
Reading

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